List of moths of Great Britain (Arctiidae)

Subfamily Lithosiinae

Thumatha senex, round-winged muslin — south, central & north (localized)

Setina irrorella, dew moth — south & north-west (Nationally Scarce A)

Miltochrista miniata, rosy footman — south & central (localized)

Nudaria mundana, muslin footman — throughout (localized)

Atolmis rubricollis, red-necked footman — south, west-central & north (localized)

Cybosia mesomella, four-dotted footman — throughout (localized)

Pelosia muscerda, dotted footman — east (Red Data Book)

Pelosia obtusa, small dotted footman — east (Red Data Book)

Eilema sororcula, orange footman — south (localized)

Eilema griseola, dingy footman — south & central

Eilema caniola, hoary footman — south-west (Nationally Scarce B)

Eilema pygmaeola, pygmy footman (Red Data Book)

Eilema pygmaeola pygmaeola — east

Eilema pygmaeola pallifrons — south-east

Eilema complana, scarce footman — south & central (localized)

Eilema complana f. sericea, northern footman — west-central (Red Data Book)

Eilema depressa, buff footman — south & central (localized)

Eilema lurideola, common footman — south, central & north

Lithosia quadra, four-spotted footman — immigrant to south-west (Nationally Scarce A)

Subfamily Arctiinae

[Spiris striata, feathered footman — uncertain status]

Coscinia cribraria, speckled footman ‡

Coscinia cribraria bivittata — south (Red Data Species)

Coscinia cribraria arenaria — immigrant

Utetheisa pulchella, crimson speckled — immigrant

Utetheisa bella, beautiful utetheisa — probable rare immigrant (though possibly an import)

Parasemia plantaginis, wood tiger

Parasemia plantaginis plantaginis — throughout

Parasemia plantaginis insularum — Shetland, Orkney & northern Scotland

Arctia caja, garden tiger — throughout ‡*

Arctia villica britannica, cream-spot tiger — south (localized)

Hyphoraia testudinaria, Patton's tiger — vagrant: 2 records, Sussex & Devon

Diacrisia sannio, clouded buff — throughout (localized)

Spilosoma lubricipeda, white ermine — throughout ‡*

Spilosoma luteum, buff ermine — south, central & north ‡*

Spilosoma urticae, water ermine — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)

Diaphora mendica, muslin moth — south, central & north

Phragmatobia fuliginosa, ruby tiger

Phragmatobia fuliginosa borealis — north

Phragmatobia fuliginosa fuliginosa — south & central

[Pyrrharctia isabella, isabelline tiger — accidental introduction]

[Halysidota moeschleri — possible rare transatlantic immigrant or import]

Euplagia quadripunctaria, Jersey tiger — south-west

Callimorpha dominula, scarlet tiger — south-west (localized)

Tyria jacobaeae, cinnabar — south, central & north ‡*

[Hypercompe scribonia, great leopard — probable import]

Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡)—species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (‡*).